ALLMAN v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 94-0504-IEG (CM).

865 F.Supp. 665 (1994)

John G. ALLMAN, T. Ronald Gosling, Claudia Kiessel, Larry Alan Higley, Carolyn R. Cauley, Carl Rosenberg, Irwin Wolf, Richard Hess, Thomas R. Karrenberg, David E. Sharpe, Nancy Patterson, Ivan Sommer, Albert Stultz, Niel J. Johnson and Martin S. Lerner, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., Liggett Group, Inc., The American Tobacco Co., Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., U.S. Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Tobacco Institute, Inc., and Council for Tobacco Research, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

September 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Lerach, Patrick J. Coughlin, Alan M. Mansfield, Randi D. Weinberger, Jeffrey D. Light, Travis E. Downs III, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Melvyn I. Weiss, Patricia Hynes, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City, for plaintiffs Larry Alan Higley, Carolyn R. Cauley, Carl Rosenberg, Irwin Wolf, Richard Hess, Thomas R. Karrenberg, David E. Sharpe, Nancy Patterson, Ivan Sommer, Albert Stultz, Niel J. Johnson, Martin S. Lerner, John G. Allman, David Cummis, Claudia Kiessel, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, T. Ronald Gosling, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated.

Mark C. Mazzarella, Frederick W. Kosmo, Jr., Mazzarella Dunwoody Wilson and Petty, San Diego, CA.

Bruce G. Merritt, Selina K. Lozier, Debevoise and Plimpton, Los Angeles, CA.

Christopher Norgaard, Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander and Ferdon, Los Angeles, CA.

Maurice A. Leiter, Andrew C. Callari, Richard A. Ward, Arnold and Porter, Los Angeles, CA.

Gerald L. McMahon, James B. Franklin, Susan K. Milliken, Seltzer Caplan Wilkins & McMahon, San Diego, CA, for defendant Philip Morris, Inc.

Andrew S. Friedman, Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman Heinton Miner and Fry P.C., Phoenix, AZ.

Alfred G. Yates, Jr., Alfred G. Yates, Jr., & Associates, Pittsburgh, PA.

Robert N. Kaplan, Frederic S. Fox, Kaplan Kilsheimer and Fox, New York City.

Steven W. Berman, Hagens and Berman, Seattle, WA.

Stephen E. Cauley, Wright and Bonds, Little Rock, AK.

Richard A. Daynard, Tobacco Products Liability Project, Boston, MA.

Richard S. Schiffrin, Schiffrin and Craig, Ltd., Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Patrick R. Frega, Patrick R. Frega, Counselor at Law, San Diego, CA.

Glenn J. Pogust, Chester J. Wrobleski, Barry Schaevitz, Jacob Medinger and Finnegan, New York City.

David H. Patterson, David Patterson and Associates, Pittsburgh, PA.

Alan Caplan, Bushnell Caplan & Fielding, San Francisco, CA.

Robert G. Steiner, Christopher J. Healey, Luce Forward Hamilton and Scripps, San Diego, CA.

Robert C. Wright, Joseph T. Ergastolo, Wright and L'Estrange, San Diego, CA.

William T. Plesec, Robert C. Weber, Jones Day Reavis and Pogue, Cleveland, OH.

Elwood G. Lui, Scott D. Bertzyk, Jones Day Reavis and Pogue, Los Angeles, CA.

Meryl L. Young, J. Mark Dunbar, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, San Diego, CA.

Michael C. Lasky, Samuel L. Barkin, Davis and Gilbert, New York City.

Steven Klugman, Debevoise and Plimpton, New York City.

M. James Lorenz, Cyril J. Dantchev, Lorenz Alhadeff Cannon and Rose, San Diego, CA.

R. Laird Hart, Covington and Burling, Washington, DC.

R.J. Coughlan, Jr., Michael L. Lipman, Duane Tyler, Coughlan Semmer and Lipman, San Diego, CA.

Michael J. Weaver, Timothy B. Taylor, Carrie Battilega, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, San Diego, CA, Gary R. Long, William L. Allinder, Billy R. Randles, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for defendant Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Sterling Hutcheson, William S. Boggs, Brian Foster, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, Gary R. Long, William L. Allinder, Billy R. Randles, Shook Hardy and Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for defendant Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Robert Schachter, Zwerling Schachter and Zwerling, New York City.

Mary T. Yelenick, Chadbourne and Parke, New York City.

Steven D. McCormick, Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago, IL.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' CONSOLIDATED MOTION TO DISMISS

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

The consolidated motions to dismiss brought by all defendants and the motion to dismiss brought by defendant, The Council for Tobacco Research, came on regularly for hearing on September 19, 1994, at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom 11 of the above-entitled court, the Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez presiding. William S. Lerach, Patrick J. Coughlin, and Randi D. Weinberger of the law...

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